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Post-game analysisWNBAThursday, September 17, 2026Final
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Los Angeles Sparks at Dallas Wings

Post-game analysis · Thursday, September 17, 2026

The pick

Take Dallas Wings -7.5

Dallas Wings is the favorite: your bet wins if they win by more than 7.5 points.

Pick locked in: Sep 15, 2026 · 8:59 PM EDT — sportsbook spreads can move after that time, so check the number your book is offering now.

Scoring tier: low

The betting line

DAL -8.5

Sportsbooks make Dallas Wings the favorite by 8.5. Expected combined score: 177.5

DraftKings · updated Thu, 7:08 PM EDT

Our projected score

Los Angeles Sparks logoLos Angeles Sparks81

Dallas Wings logoDallas Wings89

Final score

Los Angeles Sparks logoLos Angeles Sparks77

Dallas Wings logoDallas Wings97

Pick covered

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How the model got here

Model projects 81–89, a 8.3 margin against a market number of 7.5 — a 0.79-point edge toward the home side. Based on 4 and 6 games of scoring form.

Our recommendations on this game

The team recommendation, the full-game total and the player recommendations for this matchup, side by side. The full-game total is its own market, shown in its own panel above. Only high-rated recommendations taken at a locked DraftKings price are used on a parlay card, and a card never takes two legs from the same game.

Team

No high-rated team recommendation on this matchup. We only show one here when DraftKings posted the number and price and we locked a high-rated recommendation before kickoff.

Players

No high-rated player recommendation on this matchup. We only show one when DraftKings posted the number and price before kickoff.

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Player prop angles

No player prop angles for this matchup yet. Our stat lines need a few completed games of form for each player before we publish a number, so early-season WNBA games fill in as the season goes on. Check back closer to kickoff.

Records & form

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